Laid-off workers challenge parts of TN civil service law

6:35 AM,
Jun. 12, 2013

Gov. Bill Haslam

Written by

Chas Sisk
| The Tennessean

A judge's decision to freeze layoffs of hundreds of state employees calls into question whether Gov. Bill Haslam's administration has followed through on concessions made in exchange for backing civil service reforms.

Circuit Court Judge Amanda McClendon will hear testimony next week in a suit filed by the Tennessee State Employees Association, along with 15 career government workers, that says the Haslam administration took down a website meant to help state employees find jobs in other departments.

They say the move violated the civil service law Haslam signed just two years ago. ...